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Colombia
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Formal Name: Republic of Colombia.
Short Form: Colombia.
Term for Citizens: Colombian(s).
Capital: Bogotá.
GEOGRAPHY
Size: 1,138,910 square kilometers.
Topography: Mainland territory divided into four
major
geographic regions: Andean highlands (composed of three
mountain
ranges and intervening valley lowlands); Caribbean
lowlands;
Pacific lowlands; and Ilanos and tropical rainforest of
eastern
Colombia. Colombia also possesses small islands in both
Caribbean
Sea and Pacific Ocean.
Climate: Striking variety in temperature
resulting
principally from differences in elevation; little seasonal
variation. Habitable areas consist of hot (below 900
meters in
elevation), temperate (between 900 and 1,980 meters), and
cold
(from 1,980 meters to about 3,500 meters) climatic zones.
Precipitation generally moderate to heavy, with highest
levels in
Pacific lowlands and in parts of eastern Colombia;
considerable
year-to-year variations recorded.
Data as of December 1988
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